TELEGRAM TO GROZNY
[April 22, 1920]
Grozny to Kosior, copy to Pylaev and Smilga 1
In view of the necessity to recall Pylaev to military duties, and also in light of the need to more closely integrate the leadership of the industrial oil district—with the deployment of military units specifically assigned to this task—SO deems it advisable to propose to the VSNKh that Kosior be appointed Chairman of the Grozny Oil Administration, so that he may be fully and in every respect subordinate to the organs of Glavkoneft, devoting his entire time to the management of the oil industry, while selecting an assistant to directly oversee the labor army. Pylaev must depart immediately to assume command under the RVС of the Cavalry Army. Please notify, via telegram, of Kosior’s assumption of office 2.
Chairman of the Council of Defense: Lenin